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Caudal Fin:The posterior, or tail fin of fishes.
Pectoral Fin:Each of the pair of fins just behind the head of fishes.
Placoid Scales:Rough, sand-paper like scales.
Dorsal Fins:The fins featured on the upper surface of the body of a fish.
Disruptive Coloration:The presence of color stripes.
Demersal:A bottom-dwelling fish.
Ctenoid Scales:Thin, flexible, and overlapping scales.
Swim Bladder:The gas-filled sac in the body cavity of bony fishes.
Chromatophores:A skin cell that contains pigment.
Idiaphore:A chromatophore with light-reflecting crystals.
Cryptic Coloration:Blending with the environment to deceive predators or prey.
Counter Shading:A form of disguise in open water.
Structoral Colors:Consequence of crystals that act as tiny mirrors.
Warning Coloration:Coloration that allows organisms to escape from predators by advertising something harmful or distasteful.
Ichithyology:The scientific study of fishes.
Cycloid Scales:Smooth scales.
Alterior:The front of the fish.
Dorsal:The upper or back surface of an animal with bilateral symmetry.
Ventral:The underside or belly surface of an animal.
Posterior:The back of the fish.

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Rough, sand-paper like scales.

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Smooth scales.

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The gas-filled sac in the body cavity of bony fishes.

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The front of the fish.

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A form of disguise in open water.

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The posterior, or tail fin of fishes.

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A bottom-dwelling fish.

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The underside or belly surface of an animal.

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Consequence of crystals that act as tiny mirrors.

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The scientific study of fishes.

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Blending with the environment to deceive predators or prey.

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Thin, flexible, and overlapping scales.

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The back of the fish.

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A skin cell that contains pigment.

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A chromatophore with light-reflecting crystals.

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The presence of color stripes.

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Coloration that allows organisms to escape from predators by advertising something harmful or distasteful.